The Lesson of the GEICO Caveman

And his brother is the bottom one?

Pau has been a good player for a long time but you can’t get out of the first round with out a good set of teammates.

If you are on the L*kers the national media will treat you better then if you are on a small team. His career numbers are all about the same when he was in Memphis and when he was in a L*ker uniform.
06’-07’ Pau Fg% .589 blocks 2.1 Turnovers 2.7 Rebounds 9.8 Ast. 3.4 Points 20.8
08’-09’ Pau Fg% .567 blocks 1 Turnovers 1.9 Rebounds 9.6 Ast. 3.5 Points 18.9
in very similar minutes 36.3 to 37 min respectively

As for Lamarcus he is not on the L*kers so he isn’t getting the hype that a player like Bynum is getting for doing less then what Lamarcus has already done. But Lamarcus does need to take it down low more and rely less on his jumper.

Indeed, if we compare Pau’s rookie year (age 21) to LMA’s 3rd year (age 23), we find that LMA had more O-rebs and more steals, and did a better job limiting turnovers. Pau was better at pretty much everything else you can do on a basketball court (ie TS%, Assist rate, D-reb rate, overall rebound rate, block rate).

Given that in 3 years, LMA still hasn’t had a better season than Pau’s rookie year, I’d say its unlikely he’ll surpass Pau. Not impossible by any means, but unlikely.

Pao is a good player and looks like a caveman. Got it.

Made me laugh.

I watched Turkeyglue play quite a bit his first couple of years and yeah you could see he had some talent but was nothing to write home about.He has improved every year since and look at him now,oh wait you might not want to look. The point being that some guys are as good as their going to get after 4 or 5 years and some guys continue to improve

Memphis fans are pretty happy with his brother, who fits their current style better as an inside presence and of course comes at a younger age and much lower cost.

The Lakers front court IS pretty soft as even JVG said recently in his live comments and other commentary. It couldn’t match up with the Celtics incl. a healthy KG + Powe and Perkins last year. The Blazers gave it some trouble this year. The Rockets did. And it could still have a lot of problems against the Nuggets and ultimately the Cavs.

The series against the Rockets was NOT a good series for Gasol. His free throw problems resurfaced that already cost Spain a title in 2007. He couldn’t dominate smaller players and Luis Scola on offense or defense. Lakers fans already started asking if they gave away the wrong Gasol brother. But he always was and will be a very talented player just like LaMarcus even if he doesn’t dominate games. A team needs such a player as a #2 or #3.

“Mom-ma, why did you forget the “L” on the end of my name? It has caused me ever so much confusion throughout my life."

…Damn he is soft. He just has no killer instinct at all. He is the most mediocre great player there is.